It was the nearest the Emirates comes to turning nasty. The majority of the
crowd booed Samir Nasri’s every touch with gusto last night. Arsène Wenger
might have pleaded with Arsenal fans to show respect for their former hero,
but they were not to be denied, in this season of pantomime, their villain.

Back in August, the same crowd raised their voices to laud Nasri, when he wore
a red shirt in the 2-0 defeat by Liverpool. There was a quiver of
desperation in their voices that day, though, and an undercurrent of
longing. This was, of course, before the